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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Well, that is simply false. There are several pointedly valid reasons to expect James Neal to drift back to being an ineffective winger that can't score, skate, nor do anything particularly useful in games. The reason his 5v5 play, his outrageously unsustainable early powerplay success, and his continuously poor fundamentals remain in focus is precisely because they point directly to a regression on the horizon.
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Of course there will be a regression. The question is: will he regress to his career norms, or will he regress to the absurd lows he suffered here?
You're kidding yourself if you think the latter is more likely than the former.